Our Charitable Fund Giving

 
More about our Funding

Like all Livery Companies, our Charitable Fund is an independent body with its own trustees and governance. There is of course an overlap to ensure that the Fund's aims are consistent with those of the Livery Company; our Master and Wardens are ex-officio trustees.

Most grants are made to non-profit organisations in the UK, typically but not exclusively in Greater London and the South East, with a few made to UK-based organisations that operate internationally. The Fund has supported the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at City University and the London Region of the Sea Cadets for some years, and expects to continue to do so in the future. We have a strategic desire to support non-profit organisations that target their help at young people

Grants made from the Fund are normally directed at defined projects or initiatives, and not for general support of operations or facilities. Funding will be considered for initiatives which meet some or all of the following criteria:

• Aims to build sustainable capacity in the organisation – which can deliver public benefit in the long term
• Can demonstrate positive social impact as a result, or at least put in place metrics to demonstrate such impact
• Where appropriate, draws upon ProBono Consultancy or Mentoring Support from WCoMC members to help deliver the change
• Aims to develop the management consulting profession

Scholarships and bursaries designed to further such initiatives may also be considered.

For enquiries relating to potential grants from our Fund, please contact our Clerk at clerk@wcomc.org